Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, March 14, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWheeler County Eagle VOLUME 1. KING ANO QUEEN HERE ATTACKED SUFFRAGETTES ATTEMPT TO J RUSH ENGLISH RULERS ON WAY TO PARLIAMENT. MANY THREATS WERE MADE ! Several Women Were Arrested and I Imprisoned—Police Hold Mob In Check. London. —King George and Queen Mary were tai gets for suffrage al tacks. Vague threats had been cur rent for several days in connection ■with the suffragette plans for the opening of parliament. All their at tempts at Interference were brought; to naught, however, by the extraordi nary police precautions. While the king and queen were on their way to Westminster five women attempted to approach his majority in historic Whitehall. They carried peti-1 tions setting forth the grievances of i women. Police promptly arrested the j five and imprisoned them, although it looked for a time as if the crowd would overwhelm the police and ad minister punishment in summary fash ion. There was a notable demonstration of hostility against the suffragists by the vast throng gathered to see the royal procession The five worn en requested the protection of a hun dred policemen to keep back the mob, which was exasperated by the recent outrages of the militants. Two other suffragettes were ar rested in the vicinity of Marlborough house and escaped rough handling only through the energetic efforts of the police. Shouts of ‘‘Duck them,” ‘‘lnto the lake with them” brought to gether a mob of 3.000, all bent on tak ing the women from the hands of the police. HUERTA’S SOLDIERS BEATEN Federal Soldiers Fall in the Hands of Rebels at El Tigre. Douglas, Arlz. —The mining camp of El Tigre, 40 miles southeast of Douglas, fell into the hands of 150 state troops. The 100 Federate of the garrison, fleeing toward the border, were overtaken by the Constitutional ists, who captured their arms, ammu nition and artillery after a sharp skir mish. The Huerta soldiers left their posi tion at El Tigre, only to be trapped by the state troops. An hour's fight ensued. The state troops captured eighty rifles and one machine gun abandoned by the Federate, who also lost four killed and seven wounded before retreating in disorder toward Agua Prieta. The Constitutionalisms, under Comteario Camon, returned to [ El Tigre, being reinforced by other I small groups of state troops in the; neighborhood. The state troops and recruits of Sonora, opposing the Huerta govern ment, scored their first victory in wresting Nacorazi, .an Important min ing town below this point, from the Federal garrison. The defeated Fed erate not killed or captured arrived on a special train at Agua Prieta ROPER TO ASSIST BURLESON Dockery and Blakeslee Are Named Assistant Postmasters General. Washington.—Nominations sent to the senate by President Wilson in cluded : First assistant postmaster general, Daniel C. Roper of SotcYa Carolina. Third assistant postmaster general, Alexander M. Dockery cf Missouri. Fourth assistant postmaster gener al, James I. Blakeslee of Pennsylva nia. United States judge, district of Por to Rico, Peter J. Hamilton of Alabama. Commissioner of labor statistics, Charles P. Nelli of the District of Co j lumbia. After a brief executive session, in I which the nomination of John H. Mar-i ble to be a member of the interstate commerce commission was confirmed j and the nominations made by Brest- i dent Wilson were referred to commit- ■ tees. MAJOR GENERAL CARTER. _ „ ,- r -■ Fo Ik W x If flap. * l 4jgggyaw J lOlfi ; Maj. Gen. William H. Carter Is In command of the American troops that are encamped in Texas watching de velopments In Mexico. 32,000 TURKS CAPTURED TURKISH FORTRESS, KEY TO THE POSSESSION OF EPIRUS PROV INCE, HAS BEEN CAPTURED. For Hours Preceding Surrender the Greek Sattsries Peered Deluge of Shells on the Fortress. Athens, Greece. —The Turkish fort ress of Janina, key to the possession of Epirus province, with its garrison of 32,000 men, surrendered to the Greek army, after a defense which stands out as one of the most bril liant episodes of the Balkan war. The surrender was preceded by a fierce bombardment continuing two days and nights. Every available gun, including heavy howitzers by the Ser vian artillery, was brought to bear on the forts defending the beleaguered city. Thirty thousand shells were fired by the Greek guns during the first days’ cannonade. Gradually the Turks' batteries at Blzani, Manoliara, Sakni and elsewhere were silenced. The Greek commanders, by a feint, led the Turks to believe that their I attack would be made from the right. As soon as the attention of the de fenders had been distracted, the Greeks hurled large bodies of Infan try on to the Turkish left. The Ot-. toman troops, utterly surprised, fell ■ back in disorder. Batteries on the heights of Blzani, the mainstay of the defense, had been ! unable to stand the pelting o f the shells and were reduced to complete silence. The Greeks pushed their forward movement and occupied the Turkish batteries on the Sakni and Elas hills, capturing all the guns and 110 artil lerymen. Then the Greek battalions gradually deployed on to the plain in front of the city itself. The Turkish flight immediately be came general. Whole detachments succumbed to panic and joined in a mad rush for the city. The Greek advance on Janina be gan late in October. The Turks retir ed rapidly before their opponents and operations round the fortress opened about the beginning of December. The attack continued with varying success, even during the period of the armistice, to which the Greeks never formally agreed. Clark Continues as Speaker. Washington.—Speaker Clark was renominated; Representative Under wood of Alabama again chosen chair man of tlie ways and means commit l tee, the entire Democratic personnel ; of that tariff-making body named and i all the house officers renominated at • a harmonious six-hour caucus of the ; Democrats of the house of the Sixty i third congress. The caucus took place I in the house chamber, and 270 of the i 200 house Democrats were present. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FBI DAY, M A KOH 11, 19 13. BACON DEFEATED 81 SENATOR CLARK ARKANSAS SENATOR SELECTED BY DEMOCRATS AS PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF SENATE. OHTHER OFFICERS ELECTED Georgian’s Friends Felt He Had Not Been Fairly Treated —Tillman Utters a Warning. . Washingon. — democratic senators succeeded in agreeing upon candi dates to fill only Three of the offices of that body. These were: Senator James P. Clarke of Arkan sas to succeed Senator Galliugcr of New Hampshire, Republican, as pres ident pro tempore of the senate. The Rev. E. J. Pettyman of the Dis trict of-Columbia to succeed the Rev. U. G. B. Pierce as chaplain. Charles P. Higgins, a real estate dealer of St. Louis, to succeed E. Liv ingstone Cornelius as sergeant-at arms Senator Clarke was elected by a vote trf 27 to ii over senator Augus tus O. Bacon of Georgia, who alter nated with Senator Gallinger in the office of president pro tempore throughout the last, session and whose election had been considered practi cally a certainty since the Democrats gained control. The result of the election caused considerable stir, TELEPHONE NO LUXURY. Narge Cimpanies ■ .ceodv'’ Mere’ Effi cient Service Than Small Ones. Atlanta, Ga.—The telephone is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Be fore the days of the telephone we managed somehow to get along with out It, but now we find it indispensa ble. It would be impossible to esti mate its value in dollars and cents as a labor saving device, to say noth ing of the pleasure we derive from its use. Farmers living In remote sections save many trips to town by its use. We are enabled to converse with people miles away and to trans act business that otherwise would compel us to travel long distances at great expense and loss of time. We save many miles of weary travel and many dollars annually by the use of the telephone. It is not only valuable in this respect, but is a great convenience in many ways. Il has dene much to make farm life more tolerable and less dull. Per haps nobody enjoys the telephone more than the farmers and their fam Ilies, although the business and pro fessional man uses it many times each day. We are all interested in good service and anything which lends to improve it. in this part ot the state we have good telephone service, but this is not saying that, our present service could not be im proved; but certain it is that the ser vice could not be greatly improved under existing conditions. We have many little telephone companies op erating in different parts of the coun ty, and, in our Judgment, the service could be greatly improved if all these were owned and operated by a single company. We believe that competi tion is neither necessary or desirable in the telephone business. Service is what we want and the patrons have little interest in the ownership of the lines. All public utilities should be controlled by a board operating un der authority of law, and service as well as rents and charges should be regulated by the board. Telephone companies should be allowed to make such charges as are necessary to give good service and this service could be greatly improved and cheapened if all our Unes were owned and operat ed by a single company. There is no more reason why we should have two or more telephone companies operat ing in a city than that we should have *wo or more postoffices. Each exist for public service and conven ience and no one would attempt to argue that two or more postal sys tems would improve or cheapen the service. A large telephone company can render better and cheaper service than a small one. —Olate (Kas.) Inde pendent. LOUIS D. BRANDEIS. Mr. Brandeis Is said to have been eliminated from the cabinet possibili ties by the protests of Governor Foss and other Massachusetts Democrats that he was too radical. HORRORTO BE INVESTIGATED FECERAL PROBE TO PLACE THE BLAME FOR DISASTER—THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. Betwten 40 and 50 Killed and Over 60 Wounded When the Steam- er Blew Up. Baltimore, —Three hundred tons of dynamite being loaded in the British tramp steamer Alum Chine, in the lower harbor off Fort Howard, ex ploded, Instantly killing from forty to fifty men, wounding and maiming three score more, some of whom may die, and dealing destruction to half a million dollars’ worth of property. The cause of the disaster Is un known, but the Federal authorities have instituted a thorough investiga tion to place the blame. Excited sur vivors told conflicting stories, some Insisting that a negro stevedore caus ed the explosion by Jamming a pick into a case of dynamite. This is de nied by eye witnesses who declare that, smoke was seen pouring from the Alumn Chine’s hold several min utes before the explosion occurred. For a radius of many miles the shock of the explosion was felt. Re ports came early from many cities and towns where windows were shat tered. and it was first reported an earthquake had done much damage U. S.TESTS FRIEDMANN CURE Seven Patients Treated In the Pres ence of Government Surgeons. New York.—ln a thirty-minute clin ic, Dr. Friederich F. Friedmann s vac cine was given a test in the presence of United States government officiate. The seven cases treated are to remain under government inspection, and up on the development will depend the official report. It was announced that Doctor Friedmann had furnished the Federal representatives with spec imens of his bacilli culture, and that clinical observations would continue to be made by them. Gathered at Mount Sinai hospital, where the test took place, was a par ty of thirty or more surgeons of the city and the Federal officials Panic Occurs in Theater. Verins, France.—Ten persons were fatally injured and forty-six seriously hurt in a panic caused by the explo sion of a moving picture apparatus in a theater here. The audience num bered 120. In the rush to get out the people choked the stairway and many jumped from toe windows. Fire, which followed the explosion, was promptly extinguished. WILSON’S POLICY 18 LALIN-AMERIGA ONE OBJECT WILL BE TO CULTI- VATE FRIENDSHIP OF THE RE PUBLICS TO THE SOUTH. WILL DISCOURAGE DISORDER No Sympathy With Those Who Seek to Seize Power to Advance Their Owen Personal Interests. Washington. —President Wilson is sued a formal statement ot' his policy toward the Central and South Ameri can republics. He said in part: "In view of questions which are naturally uppermost in the public mind just, now the president issued the statement. "One of the chief objects of my ad ministration will be to cultivate the friendship and deserve the confidence of our sister republics of Central and South America and to promote in ev ery proper and honorable way the interests whiph arc common to the peoples of the two continents. I earn estly desire the most cordial Uiifler siandlng and co-operation between the people and leaders of America and therefore deem it my duty to make this brief statement. ^‘Co-qperation is possible only when supported at every turn by the order ly processes of just government based upon law, not upon arbitrary or ir regular force. We hold, as I am sure all thoughtful leaders of republican governments everywhere do, that just government rests always upon the cons“pt or Iba governed, and that there can be no freedom without or der based upon law and upon the pub tic conscience and approval. Wo shall look to make these principles the ba ste of mutual Intercourse, respect and helpfulness between our sister repub lics and ourselves. "We shall lend our influence of ev ery kind to the realization of these principles In fact and practice, know ing that disorder, personal intrigue and defiance of constitutional rights weaken and discredit government and Injure none so much as the people who are unfortunate enough to have their common life and their common affairs so tainted and disturbed. We can have no sympathy with those who seek to seize the power of govern ment to advance their own personal Interests or ambition. “We are the friends of peace, but we know that there can be no lasting or stable peace in such circumstances. As friends, therefore, we shall prefer those who act in the interest of peace and honor, who protect, private rights and respect the restraints of consti tutional provision. Mutual respect seems to-us the indispensable founda tion of friendship between states, as between individuals. BLEASE AT WAR WITH CITY Governor Threatens City With Martial Law for Arresting Chauffeur. Columbia, S. C.—For the second time within four days Harrison Nee ley, negro chauffeur for Gov. Coleman L. Blease, was fined for violating the municipal law limiting the speed of automobiles to 12 miles an hour. Nee ley was fined $3.75 with the alterna tive of serving five days on the chain gang. The fine was paid and Gover nor Blease promptly issued a pardon, which Chief of Police Cathcart, refus ed to honor pending legal advice re garding the state executive’s author ity in municipal cases. Another summons was issued which charged Neeley with violation of the speed ordinance. The case was call ed in police court, and Neeley was fined sls or thirty days in jail. He paid the fine, saying that he was again taking the governor of the state out for a ride. The latter threatens to take over the entire police depart ment of the city unless the fines are remitted. Stole Sack From Parcel Post. Vidalia, Ga.—Henry Marsuall, a ne gro mail porter at this place, was caught In the act of robbing a mall sack containing parcel post matter at the Union station. The negro had been under suspicion for some time, NO. 4.